26 Feb 2018 02:47:17
Suns Offseason:

1. Fire Jay Triano and hire Tony Bennett
-Tony Bennett will be coming off a nice season at Virginia and is ready for the NBA. He has been coaching young athletes for a long time and will connect with the Suns youthful roster.

2. Fire Ryan Mcdonagh and Hire David Griffin be the Suns new GM. David Griffin actually spend 17 seasons with the Phoenix Suns and was also named the teams senior Vice President in 2007 before leaving. David Griffin also had a successful 6 year tenure with the Cavaliers where he added some of these notable achievements to his list:
-Drafting Kyrie Irving
-Signing Lebron James
-Trading for Kevin Love
-Building the 2016 NBA championship team
Ryan Mcdonagh has also made some questionable moves in Phoenix such as, drafting Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss with the 4th and 8th pick in the 2016 NBA draft. They haven't exactly panned out. Signing Tyson Chandler and Brandon Knight to multi year deals were obviously not exactly in the teams best interest either.

3. 2018 NBA Draft

a.
PHX Receives: Cole Aldrich, rights to the 54th overall pick (projected)
-Get another asset.
-Saves money.

MIN Receives: Jared Dudley
-The Timberwolves don't have a backup for Andrew Wiggins on the roster and Jared Dudley is a serviceable 3 and D wing that can play the 3 and the 4.

b.
PHX drafts: DeAndre Ayton with the 1st overall pick (projected, Rodions Kurucus with the 31st pick (projected), and Joel Berry with the 54th pick (projected).

4. 2018 Free Agency

-Let Alex Len walk
-Resign Elfrid Payton to a 1 year+1 year player option 15 million dollar contract
-cut Alec Peters, Daniel House Jr., and Brandon Knight to clear out roster spots+cap

PHX signs:
Isaiah Thomas to a 1 year+1 year player option 36.5 million dollar deal
-played in Phoenix
-Phoenix needs a point guard

5. 2018-2019 Starting Lineups+G-League

G-League players: Rodions Kurucus, Joel Berry II

1-Isaiah Thomas/Elfrid Payton/Tyler Ulis
2-Devin Booker/Troy Daniels/Davon Reed
3-T.J. Warren/Josh Jackson/
4-Marquese Chriss/Dragan Bender
5-DeAndre Ayton/Tyson Chandler/Alan Williams

It's time for Phoenix to stop tanking and start attempting to win. If DeAndre Ayton come into the NBA as a complete force, this team could make the playoffs. Isaiah Thomas will be a lot happier playing alongside Devin Booker and a bunch of young unselfish guys that aren't cocky and arrogant like the old Clevland team and even some guys on the current Lakers squad. Hopefully Isaiah Thomas can get somewhat back to what he was in Boston, Devin Booker and DeAndre Ayton ball out, and Tony Bennett can have a good first year coaching campaign. With this roster I don't think that the 7th or 8th seed is out of the question.

1.) 26 Feb 2018
26 Feb 2018 15:40:47
I like a lot of your moves, but I'm not sure on Thomas. He and Booker would have the potential to be a crazy offensive backcourt, but they also would be pretty terrible defensively. He plays best when he has a guy like Bradley or Smart working with him. Don't get me wrong, he puts in the effort on that side of the ball, unlike some scoring guards, but his height limits what he can physically do. If they can get him on the cheap, and let him fully heal, he's still a big asset. But I think they'd be better served with a distributing/ defending PG and spend on a youngish, scoring wing instead. I also think it's a little early to call Bender and Chriss bad draft picks. They haven't panned out completely so far, but very few from that draft after them have. So while they aren't home runs by any stretch, they also shouldn't be considered complete busts.

2.) 26 Feb 2018
26 Feb 2018 16:49:46
Suns will never hire anyone a GM other than someone who acts as Sarver's mouthpiece (aka a yes man) . Griffin should have been their GM all along, but there's that Sarver angle again. Only coaches who "take direction well" from the owner and GM are eligible for hire these days in PHX. So, just as in some other NBA cities, the owner is the main reason why the Suns have fallen on such bad times.
Oh, and no way PHX or IT wants anything to do with each other. Suns owe Knight too much money to simply cut him so, they'll try to make him have some "added value" and try to move him. PHX needs a pass first PG not an IT.
Agree with Len and others walking . You can add Dudley, Chandler, Chriss to that list. They'd have to be moved in deals though.

3.) 27 Feb 2018
26 Feb 2018 23:04:40
As a Timberwolves fan, I would take that deal in a heartbeat.

Then they can concentrate their 1st round pick on a wing.